A counter-clockwise P-T path for the Voltri Massif eclogites (Ligurian Alps, Italy)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 533-555

  Vignaroli, G ^a   Rossetti, F ^a   Bouybaouene, M ^b   Massonne, H J ^c   Theye, T ^c   Faccenna, C ^a   Funiciello, R ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine orogen; Eclogite; Geothermobarometry; Rock exhumation; Structural fabric; Voltri Massif

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745166249     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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